From Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to Seattle, WA, it’s about a 311 mile drive, but I wanted to see some more of Washington on my way so I decided to stop in the middle of the state in Ellensburg in the Yakima Valley. Being from New England where the states are small, it’s quite amazing to … More Stop #11: Ellensburg, WA

I need to be in Seattle by Saturday, August 20th to pick my sister, Jackie, up from the airport. She will be traveling with me for the next week from Seattle to San Francisco. She will fly out and Mom will fly in the following day to travel with me for the following week. It … More Stop #10: Idaho

Something I have yet to embrace is the lack of reliable cell phone and internet service. This is something I have struggled with significantly at several stops, but most so while I was at Yellowstone. For one, I couldn’t google anything (which is my primary source of information at all times), and I couldn’t post … More Stop #9: West Yellowstone, Montana

Our stop in Buffalo was very brief. We basically set up camp, walked to get dinner and walked around the campground. However, a very nice woman came over and introduced herself when she saw us pulling in. She too has an Airstream and is a woman traveling in it on her own. She was traveling … More Stop #8: Buffalo, Wyoming

There is a lot to see between Sioux Falls and Rapid City, South Dakota and the people of South Dakota let you know it with about one million giant billboards. I will say that this is an effective means of keeping drivers entertained and also for drawing them into stopping at attractions they may not normally … More Stop #7: Rapid City, South Dakota

How the heck has no one ever told me how beautiful South Dakota is??? I feel like it’s a secret that people will nonchalantly be like, “oh yeah, I didn’t tell you that?” when I ask, when really they want to keep it a secret so they intentionally didn’t tell me. You know the feeling, … More Stop #6: Sioux Falls, South Dakota

One of the most frequent questions I was asked prior to embarking on this adventure and since I’ve been traveling is, “Do you have a gun?” I kind of think this is a funny question seeing how I’ve been living in a “major city” for 11+ years (several of them living alone), in less than … More Carrying a Gun

As Eric, Erin & I were planning my next stop after Clarkston, I had this overwhelming feeling of “holy moly…I haven’t gone very far…I need to get moving!” All of a sudden I realized that I had 11 days to get 3/4 of the way across the country. I had been on the road for … More Stop #5: Wisconsin

When I set out on planning this adventure,  I decided I was going to make the most of my time on the road by not visiting places I had been before. However, I spent a lot of time in the Detroit area and felt a great desire to visit there to see some of the … More Stop #4: Michigan

We set out from Niagara relatively early and headed towards the Midwest. I had never been to Ohio, and it was the first stop where I would be meeting up with a local friend. I had traveled to Detroit for work for about 3 years from May 2009 to March 2012. One of my co-workers … More Stop #3: Ohio